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E-005103LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: rangeRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Walker AFB Atlas Missile-Site UFO Cluster
1963–1964; individual witnesses remembered winter 1963/64 and other dates approximately; Barry Krause wrote contemporaneously on December 20, 1964Walker AFB Atlas missile field, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Hastings compiles multiple 579th Strategic Missile Squadron accounts of unusual lights or silent objects near Atlas missile sites, especially Sites 8 and 9. A December 1964 letter from Airman Barry Krause to NICAP reports frequent sightings, a KC-135 being directed toward one event, frightened guards, and alleged classification of incident reports.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Nuclear & Defense Incursions(P-000102)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
1963–1964; individual witnesses remembered winter 1963/64 and other dates approximately; Barry Krause wrote contemporaneously on December 20, 1964
Location documented
Walker AFB Atlas missile field, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
3 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
3 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
This dossier currently depends on a single source edition; independent coverage would strengthen comparison.
No cited source is currently marked as primary for the published claims shown here.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate6
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES
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COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION